value of a damaged 1826 american large cent with reverse error

this was sulposedly found on a civil war battle field.

the reverse is way off from where it should be.

looks like some one hammered parts of it.

i can see tiny spots of a a bright copper color.

what grade would it be if it didnt have environmental damage

 

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What error are you referring to? the reverse looks normal to me. It's hard to put a hypothetical grade on a coin like you're asking.

 

If I were you, I would look it up in the Red Book. You should be able to tell, from their given grading scale and what you can see on the coin, what grade it would merit if it weren't mutilated.

However, it's probably worth something significant even with its current damage. Someone out there would pay a few bucks just to say he has a coin from 1826.

 

Ill get better pictures later today the obvese picture comparing alignment is wrong
The reverse picture is right when the obverse of the coin is lined up right

 

I would throw it into your YN give-away bag. It has some interesting educational features, but is too damaged to be part of a serious collection. Rotated reverses add a minimal premium to problem-free coins.

 

Its the only large cent and only error and oldest coin besides my romans i have so ill keep it

 

It sounds like you are saying it has a rotated die error, something not too unusual on the middle date cents, especially the earlier ones. If you ignore all the problems you would have maybe Fine-12 sharpness. With the environmental damage and deliberate mutilation damage it would probably net grade as a Fr-2, AG-3 if the grader is feeling generous.

 

It's hard to tell from these pictures, but my guess is N-4 variety (not "6-over-5"...date's too close).